22 killed, 200 injured in clashes over Egypt verdict

Mohammed Nouhan / AP

Families and supporters of those accused of soccer violence from the Port Said soccer club react to the announcement of death sentences for 21 fans.

By Yusri Mohamed and Yasmine Saleh, Reuters

PORT SAID/CAIRO - Twenty-two people were killed in Egypt Saturday in violence that erupted after protesters took to the streets, angry that a court had?sentenced 21 people to death?over?a soccer disaster, state television said.?

More than 200 people were also injured in the clashes in Port Said, northeast of Egypt's capital, state television reported, citing the Health Ministry.?

Earlier Saturday a court sentenced 21 men, most of them from Port Said, to death for involvement in the disaster in the city's soccer stadium on February 1, 2012. Many spectators were crushed and witnesses saw some thrown off balconies after the match between Cairo's Al Ahly and local team al-Masri. Many of those killed were from the visiting team's supporters.

Armored vehicles and military police were deployed on the streets of the Mediterranean city Saturday.

The state news agency quoted a general as saying the military was sent to "establish calm and stability in Port Said and to protect public institutions."

And an official from the authority that controls Egypt's Suez Canal said it was not affected.

"Shipping movement through the Suez Canal is regular and is going ahead positively," canal spokesman Tarek Hassanein told Reuters, adding 44 ships had entered the canal so far on Saturday.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Al Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras,

However, witnesses reported that operations at Port Said's port were halted when staff said they would suspend work due to the clashes. Other factories and workplaces closed for the day.

One witness reported that the army, which was deployed to Port Said, at the northern end of the canal, had sent troops to surround the branch office of the canal authority in the city.

The army deployed Friday at the southern end of the canal after violence there.

Security sources said the latest deaths brought to 20 the number killed in three days of violence, and hundreds have been injured.

The unrest began with rallies to mark the second anniversary of the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a revolution which the protesters accuse current President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist allies of betraying.

The schism is hindering efforts by Morsi, elected in June, to revive an economy in crisis and reverse a plunge in Egypt's currency by enticing back investors and tourists.

In Port Said Saturday, residents rampaged through the streets in anger that people from their city had been blamed for the stadium disaster.

Gunshots were reported near the prison where most of the convicted men are being held.

One security source reported 11 killed in the violence, while two other sources put Saturday's toll at 12. At least two of the dead were policemen.

A witness said some men stormed a police station.

'Bread, freedom and social justice'
Meanwhile, thousands took to the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and other cities on Friday to protest against what they call the authoritarianism of Morsi's rule.

"We want to change the president and the government. We are tired of this regime. Nothing has changed," said Mahmoud Suleiman, 22, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the cauldron of the 2011 revolt. Nearby, youths hurled stones at police early on Saturday.

"The protests will continue until we realize all the demands of the revolution - bread, freedom and social justice," said Ahmed Salama, 28, a protester camped out with dozens of others in Tahrir.

Morsi's supporters say their critics are ignoring democratic principles, after elections swept the Islamists to office.

The president was due to meet later on Saturday with the National Defence Council, which includes senior ministers and security officials, to discuss the violence.

Unrest has been stoked by Morsi's decision to fast-track an Islamist-tinged constitution rejected by his opponents.

Inspired by the popular uprising in Tunisia, Egypt's revolution spurred further revolts across the Arab world. But the sense of common purpose that united Egyptians two years ago has given way to internal strife that triggered bloody street battles last month.

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Comprehensive immigration plan coming this week: McCain

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democratic and Republican senators said on Sunday there were encouraging signs in the push to overhaul U.S. immigration laws - a top priority for President Obama's second term - and they would introduce their plan this week.

With Obama set to begin his push for immigration reform with a speech in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a group of three Democratic and three Republican senators have been working for weeks on a plan.

One of those senators, Republican John McCain of the border state of Arizona, said on ABC's "This Week" program that the group still had hard work ahead but that he was pleased with the progress and that the principles of a comprehensive plan would be put forth this week.

McCain said the plan was much like a 2007 immigration proposal that died during the presidency of George W. Bush. That plan included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tighter borders, a guest worker program and requirements for employers to verify workers' immigration status.

The immigration issue was largely pushed aside during Obama's first term as economic concerns weighed more heavily, but the president, who had overwhelming backing from Hispanic voters in his 2012 re-election, cited it as part of his agenda when sworn in for a second term last week.

McCain said the political aspect of immigration reform should sway any Republicans who object to a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

"We are losing dramatically the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours, for a variety of reasons, and we've got to understand that," he said.

McCain said change also was needed because "we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. We cannot forever have children who were born here, who were brought here by their parents when they were small children, to live in the shadows, as well."

Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois, another member of the six-person Senate group, said on "Fox News Sunday" that work remained to be done but that the progress was encouraging.

"We are trying work our way through some very difficult issues but we are committed to a comprehensive approach to finally in this country having an immigration law that we can live with," he said. "We have virtually been going for maybe 25 years without a clear statement about immigration policy. That's unacceptable in this nation of immigrants."

Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey who is also a member of the immigration group, said on "This Week" that he was cautiously optimistic because of the bipartisan spirit that has prevailed in the recent reform effort.

"I see things that were once off the table for agreement and discussion being on the table with a serious pathway forward," he said.

Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, a Republican who is not a member of the group, said he had spoken with one of its members, who said he was "very optimistic" about reform.

(Reporting by Bill Trott; Editing by Eric Beech)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/comprehensive-immigration-plan-coming-week-mccain-180538935.html

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Hidden Gems For Home Improvement Inspiration And Ideas | OK ...

TIP! Maintaining a home improvement budgets goes a long way toward maintaining or increasing the value of your home, so aim for setting money aside as a budget for handing any repairs or upgrades. If you own a home, you should always put aside a certain amount of money every year to maintain your home.

Whether you?re experienced or not, doing home improvements is essential. Your home reflects much about who you really are. Here?s some information that will assist you in deciding what sorts of home improvement projects will make your life better.

TIP! Use some varnish and wallpaper to make a back splash in the kitchen. There are many beautiful wallpaper designs to choose from.

One quick way to change the look of your kitchen is with new knobs and handles on your cabinets. They can quickly update a tired outdated look, are quick to install, and inexpensive to purchase. Remember to clean your cabinet doors, both on the exterior and interior, after you remove the old cabinet knobs. You can do a really thorough cleaning with nothing in the way. Attach your stylish new hardware and the job is done!

TIP! Hurricane socks are a sensible investment if your home is located in a region that?s at risk for hurricanes or other potential flooding dangers. The specially designed piece of fabric has the ability to absorb up to a gallon of water.

When you are faced with lots of trees that can clutter your gutters, install a screen over the gutters to slow build-up. These screens stop leaves from collecting in your gutter, which helps promote water drainage from the roof. Using a hose to spray down minute debris from the top of a guard is usually all that is needed to clean them.

TIP! Make a detailed ?to-do? list before you start any home improvement project, consisting of all that needs to get done. Get another opinion from someone you trust.

Seriously consider replacing the central heating and air system in your home if it?s older than seven years old. Newer central heat and air conditioning systems can reduce energy consumption by as much as 20%. Additionally, a new system is quite a bit quieter than an old one.

TIP! Putting in heated tile floors is an inexpensive way to add value and enjoyment to your home. Check with a salesman about tile and adding this type of heating method to it.

If you are purchasing a home, consider hiring a professional home inspector. Thus, you will not have to trust your own impression or the seller?s word when it comes to necessary repairs. Enlisting a professional inspector who does not have a stake in the sale is a smart method of keeping things honest.

TIP! Put exhaust fans in any area of your house where hot air is frequently present. These would includes areas like the kitchen and your bathrooms.

Improving the look of your house will make your life a lot better, and you?ll feel better about yourself. Nobody wants to live in a run down home. Use the information in this article to spur you into action!

Source: http://okheyday.com/hidden-gems-for-home-improvement-inspiration-and-ideas/

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27 die in Egypt riot after soccer violence verdict

CAIRO (AP) ? Angry relatives and residents rampaged through an Egyptian port city Saturday in rioting that killed at least 27 people after a judge sentenced nearly two dozen soccer fans to death for involvement in deadly violence after a game last year.

The unrest was the latest in a bout of violence that has left a total of 38 people dead in two days, including 11 killed in clashes between police and protesters marking Friday's second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew longtime leader Hosni Mubarak.

President Mohammed Morsi canceled a scheduled trip to Ethiopia Saturday and instead met for the first time with top generals as part of the newly formed National Defense Council.

The violence in Port Said erupted after a judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection with the Feb. 1 soccer melee that killed 74 fans of the Cairo-based Al-Ahly team. Executions in Egypt are usually carried out by hanging.

All the defendants ? who were not present in the courtroom Saturday for security reasons ? can appeal the verdict.

Judge Sobhi Abdel-Maguid did not give his reasoning when he read out the verdicts for 21 out of the 73 defendants Saturday. The verdict for the remaining 52 defendants, including nine security officials, is scheduled to be delivered March 9. Some have been charged with murder and others with assisting the attackers.

Die-hard soccer fans from both teams, known as Ultras, hold the police at least partially responsible for February's violence, which was the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years, saying officers at the game did nothing to stop the bloodshed. They also criticize Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi for doing little to reform the police force or the judiciary since he took office in July.

The opposition says Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected and civilian president, and his Muslim Brotherhood allies in government have failed to restore stability amid continued political turmoil and crime, and point to a worsening economy.

In a statement Saturday, the main opposition National Salvation Front said it holds Morsi responsible for "the excessive use of force by the security forces against protesters." They threatened to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections if Morsi does not meet their demands that include amending articles in the new constitution.

The Brotherhood said in its statement that "misleading" media outlets were to blame for "enflaming the people's hatred for the current regime and urging them to act violently."

Immediately after Saturday's verdict was read live on state TV, two policemen were shot dead outside Port Said's main prison when angry relatives tried to storm the facility to free the defendants. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, as well as live rounds, at the crowd outside the prison.

In other parts of the city, residents tried to storm the governor's office, police stations, the power station and the main court building. Residents occupied one police station in the east of Port Said.

The director of hospitals in Port Said, Dr. Abdel-Raham Farah, said two local soccer players were shot to death as they were apparently on their way to practice. He identified them as Mahmoud Abdel-Halim al-Dizawi, who played for the city's Al-Marikh club, and Tamer al-Fahla, who used to play for the city's main Al-Masry team. Al-Diwazi was shot three times, the doctor said.

The club they were training at is near the prison that residents tried to storm.

The military was deployed in Port Said to try to restore security, but assaults continued into the evening. The army was widely used to keep order by top generals who took over after Hosni Mubarak, but the military has kept a much lower profile since Morsi was elected.

Egyptian military forces also were sent into the canal city of Suez after eight people died in Friday's clashes between security forces and protesters opposed to the new president and the Brotherhood. Another protester was killed in Ismailiya, and security officials told the state news agency MENA that two policemen were killed in Friday's protests.

Many of the young men who led the protests and clashes hail from the Ultras. They often come from poor neighborhoods and view the police force that was the backbone of Mubarak's authoritarian rule as their nemesis.

"The police are thugs!" yelled relatives of the deceased inside the courtroom before the judge took the bench.

Near Cairo's Tahrir Square, where tens of thousands had amassed to mark the two-year anniversary a day earlier, Ultras Al-Ahly waved their team's red flag as they clashed with police who fired tear gas to disburse the crowd near Cabinet headquarters and Parliament.

Underlining the distrust that lingers between much of the public and the police, survivors and witnesses say Mubarak loyalists had a hand in instigating last year's attack, which began after Port Said's home team won the match, 3-1, and that the police at the very least were responsible for gross negligence.

Al-Masry fans stormed the pitch after the game ended, attacking Cairo's Al-Ahly fans. Authorities shut off the stadium lights, plunging it into darkness. In the exit corridor, the fleeing crowd pressed against a chained gate until it broke open. Many were crushed under the crowd of people trying to flee.

Other survivors said it was simply bloodthirsty Al-Masry fans and lack of enough security that led to the deaths of their colleagues. Both sides blame police for failing to perform usual searches for weapons at the stadium.

Anger is boiling in Port Said, where residents say they have been unfairly scapegoated.

A lawyer of one of the defendants given a death sentence said the verdict was political.

"There is nothing to say these people did anything and we don't understand what this verdict is based on," Mohammed al-Daw told The Associated Press by telephone.

"Our situation in Port Said is very grave because kids were taken from their homes for wearing green T-shirts," he said, referring to the Al-Masry team color.

Al-Daw and other defense attorneys said all those sentenced were Al-Masry fans. As is customary in Egypt, the death sentences will be sent to the nation's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for approval, though the court has final say on the matter.

Fans of Al-Ahly, whose stands were attacked by rival club Al-Masry in the incident in Port Said, had promised more violence in the days leading up to the verdict if the death penalty was not handed down.

Before the judge could read out the names of the 21, families erupted in relief, yelling "Allahu Akbar!" Arabic for "God is great," with their hands in the air and waving pictures of the deceased. One man fainted while others hugged one another. The judge smacked the bench several times to try to restore calm in the courtroom.

"This was necessary," said Nour al-Sabah, whose 17-year-old son Ahmed Zakaria died in last year's melee. "Now I want to see the guys when they are executed with my own eyes, just as they saw the murder of my son."

Thousands of Al-Ahly fans gathered outside the Cairo sports club for the verdict, chanting against the police and the government.

"We are not really that happy," Mohamed Ahmed, a survivor of the attack, said. "The government helped the Ultras of Port Said by blocking the gates of the stadium until people suffocated to death.

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Associated Press writer Mariam Rizk contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/27-die-egypt-riot-soccer-violence-verdict-162033981.html

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Weber Family Blog: Andrew's Scrapbook

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Congressional Inaction Still Holding Up Education Laws - Kentucky ...

This from Education Week:

Crush of Education Laws Awaits Renewal in Congress

The new, still-divided Congress that took office this month faces a lengthy list of education policy legislation that is either overdue for renewal or will be soon, in a political landscape that remains consumed with fiscal issues.

But it's tough to say whether there will be much action on all that outdated legislation?including the No Child Left Behind Act, which has awaited reauthorization since 2007. The cast of characters in Washington is virtually unchanged since before the 2012 elections?which left President Barack Obama in the White House, Democrats in control of the Senate, and Republicans in control of the House of Representatives.

So far, that's led to a serious legislative logjam on everything from a limited bill renewing education research programs to the budget of the entire U.S. government.

And one education bill?the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, which governs some key early-child-care grants?hasn't gotten a makeover in more than a decade and half. It was last reauthorized in 1996, when President Bill Clinton was running for his second term.

"This is unprecedented," said Jack Jennings, who served as an aide for Democrats on the House Education committee from 1967 to 1994. Mr. Jennings said that when he worked on Capitol Hill nearly two decades ago, lawmakers kept to a schedule, tackling big reauthorizations, such as for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or the Higher Education Act, roughly every two years. That "discipline" is gone, he said.

He blames both parties in Congress for the lack of movement. Republicans, he said, have been adamant about a limited federal role in education, making compromise difficult. And Democrats could have passed a renewal of the ESEA law?and other key education legislation?in 2009 and 2010 when they controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, he added.

"Congress should be ashamed of itself," said Mr. Jennings, who founded the Center on Education Policy, a research and advocacy organization, after leaving the Hill and is now retired. "The same people who neglect their legislative duties bewail the sad state of American education."

The appropriations committees?which control funding?typically continue to finance education programs, even after their authorizations have long expired, noted Mr. Jennings. The problem, he said, is that programs can become outdated, then viewed as ineffective, and finally, slashed, as Congress looks to trim spending. Without authorizing legislation, he said, "there is the potential for major disruption."

Vic Klatt, who worked for years as a top aide to Republicans on the House education committee, said he couldn't remember a time when the congressional education to-do list had been this lengthy. Lawmakers' inaction means that the Obama administration "has been able to get away with doing whatever they want, whenever they want," said Mr. Klatt, who is now a principal at Penn Hill Group, a government-relations firm in Washington.

Searching for Stability

An obvious case in point: Because of congressional inaction on the ESEA, the administration has issued waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act, the law's current iteration, allowing states to get out from under key mandates in exchange for embracing the administration's education redesign priorities.

But the waivers don't provide enough predictability for states, most of which are in the midst of moving toward new academic standards, assessments, and teacher-evaluation systems, said Peter Zamora, the director of federal relations for the Council of Chief State School Officers. He also noted that another federal debt-ceiling fight is in the offing, and automatic spending cuts of 8 percent for key federal programs loom.

"It becomes particularly challenging for practitioners to plan, if you don't know what NCLB will look like, or what your federal funding will look like," he said. "We're urging Congress to reassert itself and provide some stability."

It's unclear just how much the administration will push for an ESEA renewal in the coming Congress. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told the CCSSO in a November speech in Savannah, Ga., that the administration needs to see interest from Congress before it leads on ESEA renewal.

The House and Senate education committees approved bills in the previous Congress to update the law. While both measures would have given considerably more flexibility to states in creating accountability systems, the two chambers clashed on critical issues such as the role of the federal government in school improvement, teacher effectiveness, and the scope of the Education Department.

Still, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, have each listed ESEA renewal as a top priority for the new year.

And both lawmakers say they're optimistic that the new Congress will be a productive one for education.

"Traditionally, this has been an area where we can find bipartisan agreement, and I hope that will continue in the new Congress," said Sen. Harkin in an email.

An aide to Sen. Harkin said lawmakers' current workload is typical of recent Congresses, in which reauthorizations of major laws often go through several iterations before they are finally passed. The aide cited the ESEA bill, approved by the panel in fall 2011, as an important step forward in renewing the law, but wasn't ready to say which portions of that legislation would serve as the basis for a new measure this year.

The Senate committee will begin the renewal process by taking a closer look at waiver Implementation, likely through a hearing, a Harkin aide said.

And Mr. Kline appears ready to roll up his sleeves."Clearly, we have our work cut out for us in the 113th Congress," he said in an email. "I hope my committee colleagues and I can work together in a bipartisan fashion ... on these important issues."

Get in Line

Meanwhile renewals of more narrowly tailored laws?such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?are likely to languish behind the ESEA, since the main K-12 law sets the stage for other policy negotiations.

"ESEA holds everything up," said Lindsay Jones, the senior director of policy and advocacy services at the Council for Exceptional Children, a Washington-based organization that focuses on students in special and gifted education.

A delay in updating the IDEA, which was last renewed in 2004, leaves unsettled policy questions that are likely to be dealt with in the overhauls of both laws, such as how districts should approach assessments for students in special education.

And an unsettled ESEA reauthorization is also bogging down the renewal of the Education Sciences Reform Act, or ESRA, which governs the Institute of Education Sciences and is seen as a companion bill to the ESEA.

States and districts are "really moving the ball forward in areas where there's not a lot of research," such as school turnarounds and assessments, said Mr. Zamora. "We would like to see ESRA better aligned to state practice."

If the logjam breaks, it could offer an opportunity to harmonize different, but related, pieces of legislation, said Lisa Guernsey, the director of the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation, a think tank in Washington.

For instance, she suggested that Congress may want to consider renewing related legislation in batches, dealing all at once with the three measures that touch on early-childhood education?Head Start, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, and ESEA.

'Unprecedented' Logjam

Longtime Capitol Hill aides from both sides of the political aisle can't remember a time when Congress was this jammed up.

The 113th Congress, which took office this month, has a long to-do list when it comes to education legislation. Among pending renewals:

? Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act: Governs vocational education programs and is the largest federal program for high schools. Last renewed in 2006.

? Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Governs major child-care grants. Last renewed in 1996.

? Education Sciences Reform Act: Governs the Institute of Education Sciences. Last renewed in 2002.

? Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Governs Title I and other key K-12 education programs. Most recent iteration is the No Child Left Behind Act. Last renewed in 2002.

? Head Start Act: Governs a nearly $8 billion program that offers early-childhood education services to low-income families. Last renewed in 2007.

? Higher Education Act: Governs teacher education programs, as well as student financial aid and college-access programs, including GEAR-UP and TRIO. Last renewed in 2008.

? Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Governs special education programs. Last renewed in 2004.

? Workforce Investment Act: Governs job training programs. Last renewed in 1998.

Source: http://theprincipal.blogspot.com/2013/01/congressional-inaction-still-holding-up.html

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Why New Research Showing that Day Care Isn't Linked to Behavior ...

Time spent in day care doesn?t link to problems for older children ? at least, not when that day-care time is separated from the socio-political context in which the care is provided. A team of researchers from Norway, Harvard and Boston College, examining the varied research that sporadically associates an increase in hours in day care with increased behavior problems, noted that the work was all based on child-care studies done in the United States. And the United States, they argue, is a lousy place to study the impact of early child care on children.

Most parents will remember the headlines from the last round of the ?Does day care harm children?? battle here in the United States: ?Does Day Care Make Kids Behave Badly? Study Says Yes? (ABC). ?Child Care Leads to More Behavior Problems? (Fox). ?Day-Care Kids Have Problems Later in Life? (NBC). ?Poor Behavior Is Linked to Time in Day Care? (The New York Times). ?Bad Mommies? (Slate).

All that (and more) from a single, small finding, published in 2007, based on a study of 1,300 U.S. children from 4? years old through the end of sixth grade. Among those children, researchers found that those who spent a year or more in day care while of preschool age were slightly more likely to become disruptive in class during elementary school.

That this study set off yet another salvo in the debate over working parents said very little about the research, and far more about the world into which that research dropped. What that headline flurry really revealed was that we, as a society, still considered ?whether working parents are good for kids? a topic worthy of arguing about.

While I?m accustomed to using the words ?working parents? here, the debate, of course, centered around mothers. No one questions whether fathers should work. No one questions whether moms ?should? work anymore, either ? instead, we fall back on questioning whether all those various forms of child care are really ?good? for children, the universally recognized code for raising that politically incorrect issue.

That debate has advanced since 2007, but not far enough to institutionalize any change. Mr. Mom may be dead, but when it comes to taking the heat for sending the children to day care, the burden still falls on the ? married or single, rich or poor ? mom. Even the U.S. Census Bureau considers the mother the ?designated parent,? charged with caring for the children;? when fathers stay home, that?s (infuriatingly for parents of both sexes) ?child care.?

It?s the fact of the debate, rather than the fact of the day care, that the research team I described above, authors of a more recent study, suggest is primarily responsible for any association between unruly behavior and time spent in day care. In Norway, where day care is subsidized, of a reasonably consistent quality, and an expected part of childhood (in 2009, 79 percent of all 1- to 2-year-olds, and 97 percent of all 3- to 5-year-olds attended publicly subsidized center care there), researchers found little evidence that more time in day care could be associated with ?externalizing problems? like defiance and restlessness, in 3-year-olds (a result they hope to confirm in older children).

In other words, when all the energy that goes into debating the merits of day care is put, instead, into ensuring that day care is of a high quality and available to everyone, then any association between time spent in that care and poor behavior essentially disappears. ?Whereas child care in U.S. policy is generally treated as an unintended or unfortunate consequence of workforce participation among women,? the researchers wrote, ?child care in the Norwegian corporatist economy is part of a broader family policy to promote maternal workforce participation and employment rights ? as well as universal access to high-quality environments for learning and development beginning in the second year of life.?

That?s consistent with the U.S. research as well. In 2007, Slate?s Emily Bazelon contacted the author of that much-publicized earlier study, and asked her to examine the quality of care received by the children who spent more time in day care, and who had a higher-than-average incidence of bad behavior. ?The kids with more reported behavior problems in elementary school were the ones who spent three or four years in day care and whose care was, on average, of lower quality.?

If, when day care is consistently high quality and embraced by a society, the (already small) negative impact of time spent in that care is erased, then it?s hard to argue that it?s the fact of the day care itself that causes the problem. But ?Socio-political Context of Upbringing Linked to Unruly Behavior in Some Children? makes for an unwieldy headline, and an obvious one. There are a whole lot of factors that play into being a child who enters low-quality day care at a very young age, and stays there. But none of them get people as worked up as ?day-care kids have problems.?

Which may be why this latest research study ? the one showing that day-care kids are doing just fine ? hasn?t grabbed any major headlines at all.

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Source: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/day-care-and-behavior-problems-unlinked/

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